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Sunday, 1 February 2015

Following on from last week's NSL Power Armour company, this week I am presenting two companies of their less heavily armoured comrades, the Panzer Grenadiers.

Yes, two companies.

Drone-cam view

I've kept the base uniform and equipment colours the same, and the basing - if something works, why change it? As the Panzer Grenadiers have a wider range of weaponry, there are obviously some extra colours in play.I haven't done the unit and rank markings yet as I'm still working out TOEs for them. They might be getting a few additions at some point.But that's enough introductory blather, you want pics. Well, there are rather a lot of them.The Grunts18 bases of 4 figures (16 bases with 3 rifles, 1 SAW; 2 bases with 4 rifles)

The Company Commanders

Recon Squad

Heavy Support Weapons

Auto Grenade Launchers

Autocannons

RAM Mortars

The SpecialistsForward Observers

Heavy Anti-Materiel Rifles

Missile Launchers

Plasma Rifles

High Energy Laser Rifles

The Squad AttachmentsEach squad in Gruntz can have two support weapons attached. All of my squads will have 1 SAW and a second attached weapon, which may also be a SAW.Missile Launchers

Plasma Rifles

Laser Rifles

Heavy Anti-Materiel Rifles

One thing I do like about painting combat troops like these is that it doesn't matter if you are a little bit messy when dry-brushing their bases - if anything gets on the figures, it's just the mud/dust they've picked up during their advance!So, let's total this lot up.128 figures = 256 points6 crew served weapons - these are quite small, so let's say 2 points each = 12 points4 small vehicles - these are probably equivalent to a crew-served weapon, so 4 points each = 16 pointsTotal = 284 points, which will leave me just shy of 1400 points. That will do nicely as a Dux-hammer, although I expect Alan has been beavering away this week to try to break 1500 points on Monday...

From Curt:
Wow, that is an impressive bunch of space dudes Tamsin - those recon hover-bikes are particularly brilliant. I really like the punchy orange, pink and purples you've used for their equipment and weapons as it adds nice contrast against the mil-spec green of their uniforms. Well done!Soon we will see what Alan has up his sleeve as a response...